Indiana farmers have issued a warning after at least 22 people have fallen ill. A salmonella outbreak linked to a massive egg recall expanded last week when 12 more people reported contracting the foodborne illness after eating the popular breakfast food item. A total of 35 people from nine states were sickened with salmonella after […]
Category: Health
Trump Promises To Lower Drug Prices For Americans
President Trump on Friday unveiled his administration’s plan for lowering prescription drug prices, vowing to “take on” the powerful pharmaceutical industry while calling for an end to “global freeloading” that has allowed foreign countries to pay less for American medicine. “America will not be cheated any longer, and especially will not be cheated by foreign […]
World Health Org Preparing For Major Ebola Outbreak
The World Health Organization is preparing for the “worst-case scenario” as it continues to respond to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Peter Salama, deputy director-general of emergency preparedness and response at the WHO, said in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday that it’s “going to be tough and it’s going to be costly […]
Man Eats 30,000th McDonald’s Big Mac
A Wisconsin man who since 2016 has held the Guinness World Record for the most McDonald’s Big Macs consumed has reached another milestone after eating his 30,000th Big Mac on Friday. Don Gorske, 64, ate the record-extending double-patty sandwich at a local McDonald’s restaurant and says he’s eaten so many simply because he loves hamburgers. […]
Bill Gates Donates 12 Million Dollars To Further Flu Vaccine Research
Bill Gates is donating $12 million to fund research for a universal flu vaccine. The billionaire spoke Friday at the annual meeting for the Massachusetts Society of Medicine in Boston, where he announced that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is partnering with Google co-founder and Alphabet CEO Larry Page and his wife, Lucy Page, […]
CDC Issues Major Health Warning Regarding Romaine Lettuce
The Centers for Disease Control is expanding its warning over romaine lettuce tainted with E. coli. The lettuce is responsible for at least 53 people falling ill, including 31 hospitalizations, in 16 states. The CDC had previously warned consumers only about chopped romaine lettuce, but is now saying anyone who purchased any type of romaine […]
E. Coli Outbreak Has Spread To At Least 11 States
An E. coli outbreak that has sickened nearly three dozen people in at least 11 states is linked to chopped romaine lettuce from Arizona, health officials said. The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that romaine lettuce grown in the Yuma, Ariz., region, near the border to Southern California, may have caused the recent outbreak of Escherichia coli. The agency said […]
Over 90% Of Bottled Water Found To Contain Plastic Contamination
A new study of 259 water bottles has found tiny pieces of plastic in more than 90 percent of them, prompting a review by the World Health Organization (WHO). As Graham Readfearn reports for the Guardian, the study was conducted by scientists at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Fredonia on behalf of […]
Nationwide Flu Epidemic Has Killed 16 Children In Last Week
The rate of hospitalizations for the flu has hit the highest levels seen since health officials started recording this data in 2010, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — another sign that this flu season could be among the worst in more than a decade. CDC officials said today there are […]
Senate Rejects New Bill That Would Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks
The Senate failed to advance a bill Monday that would have banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and would threaten providers who performed the procedure with up to five years in prison. The restrictions would not apply in cases of rape or incest, or when abortion is considered necessary to save the life of […]
Second Judge Overrules Trump’s Roll Back Of Birth Control Coverage
A federal judge in California has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s recent rules allowing moral and religious exceptions to ObamaCare’s birth control requirement, the second time this week a court has ruled against the administration. Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr. granted the injunction Thursday in the District Court for the Northern District of California. The ruling comes […]
Trump Declares The Opioid Epidemic A Health Emergency
US President Donald Trump has declared the nation’s painkiller-addiction crisis a public health emergency. Calling the epidemic “a national shame”, Mr Trump announced a plan to target the abuse of opioids, which kill more than 140 Americans each day. The president has previously promised to declare a national emergency, which would have triggered federal funding […]